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No. 319,349. Patented Ju ne 2, 1885.

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EDWARD ANTOINE TINOI-IANT, OF ANTXVERP, BELGIUM.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 310.319,.319, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed November 25, 1884.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD ANTOINE TINCHANT, a citizen of the United States of America, now a resident of the city of Antwerp, in the Kingdom of Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Cigars, of which the following is a specification.

I have applied in Great Britain (No. 13,708, bearing date the 16th day of October, 1884) for the provisional protection of my rights to said improvements on machines for making cigars, and pertaining thereto are the improvements hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a general top view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same from A B. Fig. i is likewise a sectional view from G D. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are views from the most essential parts of the machine, drawn in such a manner as to render more comprehensive its accurate description, which will be found hereinafter. Fig. 2 is a side view of the machine in its normal position.

M N designate a table or stand, of wood or metal, upon which are fixed standards E, supporting a drivingshaft, F. On the said shaft is set the wheel S, cogged upon a part of its circumference equal to one-third of the circumference of the wheel R, which it com-- mands, the said wheel It being set on the shaft V, parallel with the driving-shaft F, in such a manner as to perform one-third of a revolution at every complete revolution of the said shaft F, bearing the commanding-wheel S.

At the center of the wheel It, secured by a rod passing through it, is a triangular prism, 00 y z, of brass or any other suitable metal, to which is connected the cigar-mold, made up of three parts or shells, preferably of steel. In Fig. 6 the said mold is shown open on a plane with the wheel It, thus exposing the inside of the shells, while Fig. 7 gives a section of one shell on the line C D, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section of the closed mold on the line A B in Fig. 5. These sectional views are showing the working of the three shells, which by their combination can form a cavity corresponding to the shape, form, and size of the cigar to be made.

011 one edge, f, of each shell there is an in (No model.) Patented in England October 16, 1884, No. 13,708.

I side projecting rim of very thin metal, which serves to prevent any piece of tobacco which might be on the edge when operating the machine from being cut or tangled up by the falling shell. The shells are made in such a way as to form a perfect cylinder over the greatest part of their outward surface when the three are closed. Their inside shape varies according to the size and form of the cigar to be turned out by the machine.

On the tail end of each of the shells is conof the three lips of the prism m y .2, set as aforesaid in the center of the cog-wheel It, and from each of the rods 15 projects a hook, I).

The driving-shaft F is cranked at G, and it sets in motion a eonnectingrod, H, jointed to a rod, I, which rod I moves vertically in guides J J. The end of the rod I is provided with a horizontal eyelet, a. During the ascending motion of the vertical rod I the eyelet a strikes the hook I), connected to the uppermost shell, which it raises, as shown by a projection in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the hook I) passing then through the eyelet a. In the descending motion the edge of the eyelet a strikes the rod t, which it presses, thus closing the molds.

In operating the machine the mold rests upon a bed, IJ, formed of two parts connected by a joint, 0, at the top of a bracket, K. A stand, 0, bears four vertical spiral springs, I P, which keep the said parts pressed close together, thus acting 011 the twothirds part of the mold resting between them. Under the action of the rods Q Q, jointed to two levers, T T, actuated in their turn by a slightly eccentric wheel, U, set on the driving-shaft F, these springs are slightly compressed at the proper moment, and the two parts of the bed are thus sufficiently opened to allow the free rotation of the mold.

At the end F of the driving shaft is a crank, W, connected by a rod, X, to the axis Y of a metallic roller, Z, preferably of brass. This roller rests upon one side of the bed L, and during the revolution of the driving-shaft it passes under the raised shell over the tobacco in the mold, reaches the opposite side of the said bed L, so as to clear entirely the when the said shell is in its place the said nected a rod, 15, each rod being jointed to one 7 space to be occupied by the lowered shell, and

roller, following the rotation of the mold, passes over it to resume its former position.

The rotation of the mold begins at the precise moment when one of its shells just lowered is uppermost. The cogged part of the wheel S on the driving-shaft F works into the cog-wheel It, driving it through one-third of a revolution, thus bringing the next shell into the exact position just left by the former. Goinciding with this movement, the opening of the bed L takes place, the eccentric part of the wheel U operating the two levers T T, as before described. During the remainder of the revolution of the driving shaft F the eccentric part of the wheel U has cleared the two levers T T, the four vertical springs 1? l? are released, and the two parts of the bed L are pressed against the sides of the part of the mold resting between them, these being at a standstill, the wheel R ceasing its rotation as soon as it has been cleared by the cogged part of the wheel S on the driving-shaft. Said shaft now raises the rod I in guides J J by the combined action of the crank G and that of the connecting-rod H, as hereinbefore explained, the eyelet a, acting upon the hook O, lifting the uppermost shell. A part of the tobacco necessary to make up a cigar is then introduced in the cavity formed by the two fixed shells. The roller Z passes then, as before described, from one side of the bed L. The revolution of the driving-shaft continuing, the rod I descends and lowers the shell, which assumes its former position. At this moment the eccentric part of the wheel U strikes the lever T T, the cogged part of the wheel S is about to work into cog-wheel It, the rotation of the mold will follow, and with it the roller Z will be carried back to its former position, passing over the closed shells. Thus are renewed the series of operations just explained and performed by one revolution of thevdriving-shaft F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the mold formed of several uniform sections, the revolving shaft carrying the mold, the divided bed for securing the mold, and the transversely-operating roller adapted to operate upon said mold, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the rotary shaft having the wheel R, the rods t, pivoted to said wheel and provided with the hooks b, the mold-sections carried by said rods t, and the vertically-reciprocating rod I, provided with an eye, a, with the divided bed for securing the mold and the transversely-operating roller, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the divided bed, the

springs acting upon the same, the rods and the levers, and the revolving eccentric wheel with the sectional mold adapted to be held stationary and to rotate in said divided shell, substantially as described. 4E. The combination of thelaterally-movable roller and the crank-shaft and the connectingrod with the divided bed and sectional mold, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and signed my name in the presence of Arthur Joseph Giurranovich and Georges Edouard Tinchant, the two subscribing witnesses. Done at Antwerp the 30th day of October, 1884.

EDWARD ANTOINE TINCHAN T.

Witnesses: V

ARTHUR J OSEPH GIURRANOVIOH, GEORGE. EDOUARD TINCHANT. 

